Long Beach police fire at suspect, lock down neighborhood during search

LONG BEACH — The area around Eighth Street and Magnolia Avenue was locked down Monday night as SWAT searched for a suspect who police were chasing and shot at a few hours earlier, a police spokesman said.

The incident began about 6:35 p.m. when Long Beach police officers were near the intersection north of downtown and started running after a suspect, said Sgt. Aaron Eaton, a spokesman with the Long Beach Police Department.

Eaton didn't say why officers were in the area or what started the foot pursuit.

At some point while the officers were chasing the suspect, one of the officers fired at the suspect, said Eaton, who didn't know if the suspect fired any shots or was injured in the shooting.

No officers were injured in the shooting, Eaton said.

A short time later, the area was locked down and SWAT was called to search the area, Eaton said.